Brendan Noel Ward was an award-winning Irish-American screenwriter and producer who taught at Screenwriting at Columbia University’s School of the Arts Graduate Film Program for almost thirty years. Ward passed away in August, 2021.
Ward got a BA in Mathematics and History from Hunter College, followed by an MA in Medieval and Renaissance Studies from Cornell. He later studied at Oxford, and completed an MFA in Screenwriting/Playwriting from the University of Iowa.